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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I don’t fear losing. What has become apparent to me is that I now dread the prospect of winning.”
— U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, in a Bangor Daily News column Wednesday announcing that he will not seek reelection.
TODAY’S TOP STORIES
Jared Golden is not running for reelection. The four-term Democratic congressman made the announcement in an exclusive column in the BDN, taking Maine politics by surprise.
Maine Republicans questioned Laurel Libby’s voter ID strategy after a big loss. Some in the GOP were expecting the result, and candid assessments started to trickle in between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. See how your community voted.
Washington County is scrambling to save itself from financial ruin after voters refused to allow officials to issue a bond of up to $11 million to cover a massive budget shortfall.
Bangor’s new city councilors want to stop meetings from being derailed by hate speech. Participants on Zoom likely using fake names have disrupted four meetings in the past three weeks with slurs and white supremacist rhetoric.
NEWS FROM AROUND THE STATE
- Political community reacts to Jared Golden not running for reelection
- Graham Platner isn’t dropping out after weeks of controversy
- Graham Platner won’t be mourning Dick Cheney’s death
- Feds say Maine Border Patrol vehicle tied to Chicago shooting wasn’t repaired prior to inspection
- Southbound I-95 bridge over Broadway has been demolished
- NY murder suspect arrested in Winterport while riding electric scooter
- Stillwater Avenue in Old Town will be closed next week for bridge maintenance
- Washington County rejects $11M bond aimed at digging out of budget crisis
- Recount requested in tight Bucksport school board race
- Hancock County towns approve initial step toward taking ownership of dams
- Belfast chooses incumbent and write-in candidate for school board seats
- Belfast reelects mayor in landslide
- Lisbon finally passes school budget while electing Republican who led tax revolt
- High school soccer and field hockey regional finals postponed due to forecast
- This goalie didn’t just make a clutch penalty save. He also stepped up and scored.
- UMaine hockey fans will be treated to rare Thursday night game
MAINE IN PICTURES
FROM THE OPINION PAGES
“Mills and the Democratic Party would be better served, I believe, if her deep understanding of Maine politics and legal expertise were used to seed the party’s future, not endanger it.”
Opinion: Janet Mills should be building the next generation of leaders, not running for Senate
LIFE IN MAINE
You can buy a condo in a former Maine governor’s home, an 1850 mansion in Hallowell.
Maine’s working farms are key to thriving deer and hunting traditions, Outdoors contributor Samantha Burns writes.
What it’s like to take the Registered Maine Guide test. “I’d heard the examiners try to intimidate and trick you, but I didn’t experience that. But they did ask tough questions,” Aislinn Sarnacki writes.